Elamur Translateétaient — French to English
How French étaient is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts.
The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.
Sentence pairs counted, by form: étaient (307 593). By style: everyday 1 370 · literary 212 · biblical 823 · parliamentary 10 143 · legal and administrative 21 810 · UN documents 273 235.
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« Tu vas salir tes habits. » « Ne t'en fais pas. Ils n'étaient pas très propres à l'origine. »
"You'll get your clothes dirty." "No worries. They weren't very clean in the first place."
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by U2FS and fcbond · checked, community translation · #328602 #690634Ils étaient renvoyés d'un bureau à l'autre.
They were transferred from one office to another.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and CK · checked, community translation · #306283 #139807Les rues étaient calmes.
The streets were quiet.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #5806494 #6935982
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